Dragonfly associations (Insecta: Odonata) in relation to habitat variables: A multivariate approach

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-180

  Schindler, Maria ^a   Fesl, Christian ^a   Chovanec, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assemblage patterns; Cluster analysis; Detrended Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Environmental factor; Habitat requirements

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

PONDS;

ECOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ORDINATION;

AUSTRIA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INSECTA; ODONATA; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 0242570493     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025476220081     Document Type: Article

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